← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-0278 · published 18 April 2012

CVE-2012-0278: Irfanview flashpix plugin memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Irfanview · Flashpix Plugin

Heap-based buffer overflow in the FlashPix PlugIn before 4.3.4.0 for IrfanView might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fpx file containing a crafted FlashPix image that is not properly handled during decompression.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the FlashPix PlugIn before 4.3.4.0 for IrfanView might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fpx file containing a crafted FlashPix image that is not properly handled during decompression.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48772 Vendor Advisory
http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=41 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53009
http://secunia.com/advisories/48772 Vendor Advisory
http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=41 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53009

Track CVE-2012-0278 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.6CVE-2013-3486Irfanview flashpix plugin integer overflow vulnerabilityIrfanView FlashPix Plugin 4.3.4 0 has an Integer Overflow VulnerabilityEPSS 1.8%6.8CVE-2012-0025Irfanview flashpix plugin vulnerabilityDouble free vulnerability in the Free_All_Memory function in jpeg/dectile.c in libfpx before 1.3.1-1, as used in the FlashPix PlugIn 4.2.2.0 for Irfa…EPSS 6.4%9.5CVE-2026-88772Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulnerabilityVulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.37, before 13.1-64.23, before 14.1-73.37 F…KEV8.8CVE-2026-8452Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway memory buffer overflow causes DoSCVE-2026-8452 is a memory buffer overflow (CWE-119) in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that leads to unpredictable or erroneous behavior a…KEVEPSS 1.0%analysed8.8CVE-2009-3459Adobe Reader and Acrobat heap buffer overflow via crafted PDFAdobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 contain a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) triggered by a crafted…KEVEPSS 87%analysed9.8CVE-2008-4250Microsoft Windows Server service RPC path canonicalization buffer overflowThe Server service in multiple Windows versions fails to properly handle path canonicalization, allowing a crafted RPC request to overflow a buffer a…KEVEPSS 99%analysed8.8CVE-2025-31277Apple WebKit memory corruption via malicious web contentApple WebKit fails to handle memory correctly when processing crafted web content, leading to memory corruption across Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tv…KEVEPSS 1.6%analysed8.8CVE-2026-3910Google Chrome V8 improper implementation allows sandbox code executionChrome before 146.0.7680.75 contains an inappropriate implementation in the V8 JavaScript engine, classified as code injection and memory buffer over…KEVEPSS 1.0%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-0278), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.